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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nicholas tell John which allows him to spend the night with Alison?
(a) He must travel to London to save his soul.
(b) A second flood is coming.
(c) He insists that Alison is possessed by a spirit and only he can exorcise it.
(d) There will be a spectacular meteor shower.

2. Why is the apprentice cook able to revel all day?
(a) He marries a rich woman.
(b) He is dismissed by his master.
(c) He quits his apprenticeship.
(d) He becomes a private cook for a man who travels frequently.

3. What does the king in the Clerk’s Tale forge in order to pretend to be free from his wife?
(a) A royal divorce decree.
(b) A new law.
(c) Papal permission.
(d) A letter from his wife's father saying he no longer gives his blessing.

4. Who will determine the best tale in the contest?
(a) The Host.
(b) The group will vote.
(c) The Pardoner.
(d) The Narrator.

5. What happens when John falls through the ceiling?
(a) He breaks Nicholas's arm.
(b) He breaks a leg.
(c) He kills Allison.
(d) He breaks an arm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks the Squire for the next tale?

2. Who curses the summoner?

3. How does the Summoner react to the Friar's Tale?

4. What is the yeoman's real identity?

5. Who restores January's sight?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does January say he wants to marry? Why does he likely really want to marry?

2. Why does Chaucer have the Franklin interrupt the Squire only to compliment him?

3. How do the townspeople react to the situation after John crashes through the ceiling?

4. What is the basis of the Reeve's story? Why is this the basis for the story?

5. What is the point the Summoner makes about friars with the anecdote in his Prologue?

6. Why is the Wife of Bath's Prologue so long?

7. What is the purpose of the General Prologue?

8. Why is the friar in the Summoner's Tale ironic?

9. Why are Palamon and Arcite jealous of each other when Arcite is released from the tower?

10. Why does the Host ask the Clerk to tell a tale after the Summoner's Tale?

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